# Enable Debug Mode in Specify 7

**URL:** <https://speciforum.org/t/enable-debug-mode-in-specify-7/950>\
**Category:** Configuration & Installation\
**Tags:** Specify-7, Members-only\
**Created:** [December 23, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/enable-debug-mode-in-specify-7/950 "2022-12-23T20:57:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/enable-debug-mode-in-specify-7/950/1 "2022-12-23T20:57:31Z")

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> 📖 This guide explains how to setup a dev version of Specify 7 with Docker– [Docker Workflow for Development · specify/specify7 Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/specify/specify7/wiki/Docker-Workflow-for-Development) for debugging and development purposes.

If you are using a traditional `docker-compositions` deployment of Specify 7, you can add `- SP7_DEBUG=true` in the environment section of both the `specify7` and `specify7-worker` environment sections in the `docker-compose.yml` file to enable debugging. This is the easier method and provides the same result if you are not modifying any Specify files/code. Once you have made this change, you can compose up the docker containers again and see more verbose errors!

> [!example] **Example of a modified `docker-compose.yml` from the [specify7](https://github.com/specify/specify7) repository:**
> 
> This assumes the following:
> 
> - You are using a local MariaDB installation on the host of the Docker container.
> - Your **Master User** credentials are `root` for the username and `password` as the password.
> - _You should not use `root` as the master user in production._
> 
> - Your database name is `specify` in MariaDB.
> - You have cloned the entire [specify7](https://github.com/specify/specify7) in the current directory.
> 
> ```auto
> version: "3.7"
> services:
> specify7:
> build:
> context: ./.
> target: run-development
> command: ve/bin/python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
> init: true 
> restart: unless-stopped
> depends_on:
> - webpack
> volumes:
> - "specify6:/opt/Specify:ro"
> - "static-files:/volumes/static-files"
> - "./specifyweb:/opt/specify7/specifyweb"
> - "webpack-output:/opt/specify7/specifyweb/frontend/static/js:ro"
> environment:
> - DATABASE_HOST=host.docker.internal
> - DATABASE_PORT=3306
> - DATABASE_NAME=specify
> - MASTER_NAME=root
> - MASTER_PASSWORD=password
> - SECRET_KEY=91023j1023ui091jd90j
> - ASSET_SERVER_URL=http://host.docker.internal/web_asset_store.xml
> - ASSET_SERVER_KEY=assetserv
> - REPORT_RUNNER_HOST=report-runner
> - REPORT_RUNNER_PORT=8080
> - CELERY_BROKER_URL=redis://redis/0
> - CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND=redis://redis/1
> - LOG_LEVEL=WARNING
> - SP7_DEBUG=true
> 
> webpack:
> build:
> context: ./.
> target: build-frontend
> command: npx webpack -w --mode development --color
> restart: unless-stopped
> volumes:
> - "webpack-output:/home/node/dist"
> - "./specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib:/home/node/lib:ro"
> - "./specifyweb/frontend/js_src/css:/home/node/css:ro"
> 
> specify7-worker:
> build:
> context: ./.
> target: run-development
> command: ve/bin/celery -A specifyweb worker -l INFO --concurrency=1 -Q specify
> init: true
> volumes:
> - "specify6:/opt/Specify:ro"
> - "static-files:/volumes/static-files"
> - "./specifyweb:/opt/specify7/specifyweb"
> environment:
> - DATABASE_HOST=host.docker.internal
> - DATABASE_PORT=3306
> - DATABASE_NAME=specify
> - MASTER_NAME=root
> - MASTER_PASSWORD=password
> - SECRET_KEY=91023j1023ui091jd90j
> - ASSET_SERVER_URL=http://host.docker.internal/web_asset_store.xml
> - ASSET_SERVER_KEY=assetserv
> - REPORT_RUNNER_HOST=report-runner
> - REPORT_RUNNER_PORT=8080
> - CELERY_BROKER_URL=redis://redis/0
> - CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND=redis://redis/1
> - LOG_LEVEL=WARNING
> - SP7_DEBUG=true
> 
> redis:
> image: redis
> 
> asset-server:
> image: specifyconsortium/specify-asset-service
> init: true
> volumes:
> - "attachments:/home/specify/attachments"
> environment:
> - SERVER_NAME=host.docker.internal
> - SERVER_PORT=80
> - ATTACHMENT_KEY=assetserv
> - DEBUG_MODE=false
> 
> specify6:
> image: specifyconsortium/specify6-service:6.8.02
> volumes:
> - "specify6:/volumes/Specify"
> 
> nginx:
> image: nginx
> ports:
> - "80:80"
> volumes:
> - "static-files:/volumes/static-files:ro"
> - "specify6:/volumes/specify6:ro"
> - "webpack-output:/volumes/webpack-output:ro"
> 
> - "./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:ro"
> 
> report-runner:
> image: specifyconsortium/report-runner
> 
> volumes:
> attachments: # the asset-servers attachment files
> database: # the data directory for mariadb
> specify6: # provides Specify 6 files to Specify 7 and the web server
> static-files: # provides Specify 7 static files to the web server
> webpack-output:
> 
> ```

If you use the [all-in-one deployment](https://github.com/specify/docker-compositions/tree/production/all-in-one), you can just place the SQL dump file in the /seed-database/ directory and build the docker containers after modifying the `docker-compose.yml` file. This will automatically place the database into a dockerized MariaDB installation! You can add the debug section in the environments just as described in the previous option and achieve the same effect.

If you need help getting this enabled, please let us know.